3 Jan
2007
3 Jan
'07
5:10 p.m.
--- Jules Richardson <julesrichardsonuk at yahoo.co.uk
wrote:
Anyone know where D-shell connectors first appeare
d
on equipment?
Interesting thread going on in a local group at th
e
moment about why SCART [1]
sockets are so horrible and nasty (prone to breaki
ng
pins, difficult to line
up, prone to falling out etc.) and why something
better, like a D-shell
connector, wasn't chosen instead.
Yeah, the cable seems to put weight on the
SCART socket and caused a glitchy SCART
socket (or cable?) so we had to stick a thin
piece of card in to get it to work!!
I use a 3-way SCART box myself now, no
more connecting/deconnecting to damage
those pins, or the sockets on the TV/DVD/VCR.
Thing is, SCART was apparently first used in
consumer A/V equipment in 1977,
which probably means it was thought up in the
mid-70's.
Really?
I never realised SCART was so old, I thought
it was a modern thing. Or was it just
re-introduced by TV manufacturers?
Regards,
Andrew D. Burton
aliensrcooluk at yahoo.co.uk